Attaching-hanger for elevator-buckets.



sired result without decreasing the capacity orten ATTACHING-HANGER FOR LEVATOR-BUCKETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application led December 30, 1915. Serial No. 69,310.

To all fui/10m. it 'muy concern Be it known that l. ARTHUR D. McPnnR- sox, a citizen otl the United States, residing at ()ak lark. in the county of Cook and State of Illinois have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attaching- Hangers for lllevator-Buckets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to attaching hangers for securing buckets or cups to elevator belts.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a hanger or bracket whereby to attach elevator buckets to conveyer belts to therebyproject the discharge edge of such :bucket `laterally from the belt so that the spill from said bucket will be discharged artherjfrom the vertical path of the belt `so that the bucket content may pass out through the discharge opening of the conv'eyer head, and not through the adjacent leg into the boot below, as with buckets of usual construction attached directly to the belt in the ordinary manner.

Another object of my invention is to provide a hanger or bracket that-may be used with the ordinary type ot convcyer bucket to secure them to belts, whereby to realize all ot' the beneficial results arising from my manner ot securing buckets to belts. And still another object ot my invention is to provide a hanger that will secure the deol the bucket to any appreciable extent.

()thcr and further objects of my invention will become readily' apparent to persons skilled in the art, trom a consideration o't' the following` description when take". in conjunction with the drawings, wherein:-

.Figure l is a central section taken through a.*typical*elevator, s-'uch as used in [ionimills', showing an elevator head and tragnieiits ol` two depending legs. Fig. 2 is an enlarged central section, taken through the belt and one hanger and bucket. Fig. i is a perspective. isometric view of a bucket of the usual type and my hanger attached thereto.

ln all the views the same reference characters ai'e employed to indicate similar parts.

5 is a, conveyor head showing depending legs 6 and 7, and a discharge. opening 8.

.I) is a conveycr belt passing over the pulley 10 and having secured thereto the ordinary type of conveycr bucket ll by means 'back wall et' the bucket.

of my improved hanger 1Q. The bucket 11 is of the ordinary type but the discharge edge l-lis farther removed laterally from the belt than customary, as when the bucketv face will be precipitated into the interior of the bucket. It is bent( again, as at 17, to provide a flange, which is designed to be secured to the inside surface of the rear Wall of the bucket, or to the outside surface thereof as desired, preferably, by electrically spot welding the surfaces together or by means ot' countersunk rivets, a's desired. The welding spots 18 I show clearly in Fig. .V A longer member 19 of the hanger is adapted to extend back of the bucket in substantial contact with the belt 9 and is perforated for attaching bolts 20, of which there may be any desired number, that takes through the belt and through saidperforations and other perforations to be provided in the belt. The back member-.19'extends to ay point 21, about Where the'bottom of the bucket begins to curve, and at this point it may be welded, or otherwise secured to the ln applying my hanger at the elevators. in which the buckets are already in use, l prefer to rivet the hanger to the bucket, lint where they are made initially in the shop and shipped to the elevator, it is more convenient and less expensive to spot Weld the parts together in the manner described. The manner .et attachment does not forni any part oi my invention and therefore any convenient means of attaching the hanger-to the bucket, and to the belt, may be eniployed.

When the bucket is supported on the con'- veyer belt by means of my hanger the spill S22, as shown in Fig. l, is projected or shed clear and clean from the bucket toward and through the opening 8 provided in the elevator head and is not discharged into the vertical leg G, as usual when such buckets are atached directly to the eonveyer belts in the manner generally employed.

My hanger, being secured at each end to the elevator bucket in the manner shown' I only by ythat the rear end of the provides a rigid brace 'which every greatly reinforces and strengthens that 'portion of the bucket that is called upon to sustain the load and take the Wear, consequently it ,prolongs the useful life of the bucket. lThe hanger 1 being a part separable' from the bucket and lying substantially without the interior thereof, the capacity of the bucket is not decreased orcurtailed by its use. The longer rear member of the hanger is curved to correspond with the rim of the pulley so bucket will lie close to the belt and the forward end Willproject as far as may be therefrom.

While I have herein shown a single embodiment of my invention for the purpose of clear disclosure, my invention is limited the scope of the appended claim. Having described my invention, what I claim is:

- The combination with an elevator belt and bucket of a sheet metal hanger therefor comprising an upper edge portion adapted to engage an edge of the bucket, means for securing the bucket edge to the edge portion of the hanger, a portion extending outwardly from the bucket edge and then downwardly and inwardly for coperation with the outer surface ofthe bucket near the bottoml thereof, means for: securing the lower edge of the downwardly and in-` wardly extending portion of the hanger to the bucket, and means for securing the downwardly and inwardly projecting portion of the hanger intermediate its end to the belt. i

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 4

ARTHUR D. MoPI-IERSON.

In the presence of FORE BAIN,

MARY F. ALLEN. 

